police in ukraine's capital pushed protesters back from government offices dismantling barricades that have paralyzed work but the opposition has pledged to stand its ground also. or to experience with you right along with thousands of other people charges dropped against them as a massive project is truly being prepared in russia. and plans for a multi-trillion dollar free trade zone across the asia pacific struggles to overcome fear is that some countries could fall prey to ravenous corporations looking to take advantage. of.

international news and comment live from moscow you want to nationalism. hello and welcome to the brawl ground government offices in ukraine have restored there while following days of blockade by protesters in the capital kiev hundreds of troops and riot police were deployed around demonstration sites to dismantle barricades and push protesters back to independence square. was a riot in the middle of this standoff and brings us the latest now. despite the heightened tensions protesters do still remain in independence square behind me right place have much more of an increased presence in and around the streets of kiev over the last twenty four hours or side and on monday night they began the process of trying to remove some of the protesters brocades around the administrative part of the capital effectively trying to free up the work of the

government to allow people in to carry out that official duties not to spike up the dominantly civil situation on the streets of kiev to how big you know some reports of some minor clashes the protesters say they were instigated by the police and the police say they were instigated by the protesters where protesters were saying with wooden sticks and iron rods and to say that they are prepared to defend their position and locally there are even reports that a full police officers fainted off to protest as used pepper spray and further developments one high profile american n.g.i. and civil liberty group has waded into the situation saying the president should resign and freedom house say that ukraine should be slapped with sanctions if that isn't the case and right now victoria nuland the deputy secretary of state is meeting with opposition leaders for the opposition movement continue to be poised by support from abroad but not all the information the reaches the streets of kiev is accurate is my report. he traveled around the world in an instant the day how

you can support to the protesters ensuring freezing conditions on kiev's independence square he represented unity and solidarity only he was a law i was here it was even reach we had on the official twitter page of opposition party fatherland as real news with a common bend the whole world is supporting the korean protesters done created a hoax photo showing the united states and brazil had lit up their most famous monuments and the colors of the ukrainian flag as a show of support to kiev opposition movement people camping out i'm a band don't exist and. such holes are spreading to instigate people into more action to prevent protestors from running out of steam and to draw more support for a certain political power this is just one piece of false information that is either helped fuel the protest or given them an injection of support in recent days media reports that ukrainian president viktor yanukovych had agreed to join

russia's customs union hard in the resolve of many on may down even though the story was immediately denied by moscow and kiev for those who remember the you so-called orange revolution in two thousand and four will remember we were told then that the russian spetznaz special forces lurking in the woods in a careful way to correct that they were and nothing happened so we're seeing a kind of propaganda war psychological war taking place using these rumors of both the crackdown domestically and even foreign interference rumors spread quickly on the internet and many a taken as fact one minute it's claimed russia's going to cross the border and help stamp out the protests the next special forces shipped in from all over ukraine and tanks are rumbling their way into central kiev all helping fear and agitation rumble their way into the minds of the protesters who right now you can see how tense the situation is we are in a sort of no man's land outside the presidential palace and to my right hand side you can see a line of riot police who formed

a blockade not allowing any protesters in but if you pan around to my left hand side you can see the protesters have set up their own blockade not allowing anyone in to carry out their official business and we're left with this rather tense standoff it's clear that when the situation is tense is there any misinformation whether deliberate or not has the potential for huge consequences both scots say kiev ukraine. divisions a growing beyond k. have demonstrators in crimea took to the streets to demand the government and opposition process and the countess oh and political analyst and the boys and monitor explained what causes such a clash of opinion when it comes to e.u. integration. this is a cultural clash more than an economic or political one this is a clash between people who believe in the perception of the west such as europe or the united states and the people who are trying to make their future based on actual numbers based on actual work based on actual laws that help people feed

their families and live their lives every day i think there are serious historical and cultural and even religious rifts in the territory of present day ukraine and on one side are the people who are trying to join this globalist transnational union of governments where there will be no nationalism but there will be the supernational is bureaucracy regulating everything for the greater good of it all and then there are people who want their national states to run. whichever way they decide by do they want the choice to remain theirs. on the force will bring you more expert opinion and analysis on events in ukraine as well as live updates from the capital throughout the day or the latest developments are also available on our website.

tens of thousands of prisoners concerned walked free in russia after a new amnesty bill was sent to prominent on monday some hot headline making cases may be trumped in creating against those charged in connection with the green peace process in the uk say you were has more now on who is likely to be pardoned and who will have to wait. this may be quite a large because up to twenty five thousand people could see charges dropped against them as soon as news about these plans came out. a lot of speculation around me benefit from it it could be members of the saw or the arctic thirty the group of greenpeace activists were arrested in the russian arctic also. some of the opposition activists of protesters were arrested during a large anti-government protests rally which ended in clashes between the testers and the police now if that's speculation what we do know is that this draft isn't

planned to include those who were found guilty of serious crimes so it's very unlikely that for that of course he will be freed from jail but this draft is still set to be approved by the parliament while the president is planning to discuss its details with human rights groups all later on today and of course we'll be keeping you updated. let's now take a closer look at who falls under the new amnesty bill included people who committed non violent crimes and were given a sentence of up to five years some of the most vulnerable categories of people will be pardoned including pregnant women pensioners and people with disabilities military personnel and the young offenders were free as well and the bill makes a special case for those charged with taking part in mass disorder although and again there isn't regardless of their age or gender. you're watching r.t.

international officials from twelve countries surrounding the pacific rim are in singapore with a striking a free trade deal which could form a twenty trillion dollar market essentially the shared so should make products cheaper by cutting the costs of international supply chains and getting rid of cross border tariffs but if signed as it is now the treaty would also give corporations the ability to get around local laws in order to boost their profits potentially leaving weak economies at the mercy of foreign giants a major concern is for the pharmaceutical industry in the countries which can now only afford cheaper copies of branded drugs corporate conglomerates could ban the use of patented medicine leaving the poor without access to vital treatment gain or chicken has cities. the transpacific partnership treaty if and when agreed upon would establish a free trade zone stretching from vietnam. in composting eight hundred million

people producing about forty percent of global g.d.p. negotiations are happening behind closed doors in secrecy the treaty will be designed to remove all so-called barriers to trade including regulations such as those protecting agriculture safety and be their privacy i'm joined by lori wallach public citizens global trade watch thank you so much for coming my pleasure why this secrecy as i understand there are six hundred corporate advisors having access to these negotiations but for some reason not the public why well unfortunately we've actually heard directly from the u.s. trade representative he notes that the last time the u.s. public actually got to see one of disagreements they couldn't sign it now it's new green with it so bad that they can't sign it if we see it and we're the ones are going to live with that they shouldn't sign it as i understand the treaty will establish a secret accord where corporations can bring their cases against governments when

they don't get their way where does this leave the public what is the danger for the public basically two big sense laws that we rely on would be attacked in foreign tribunals in secret and undone if you want any of those basic rights that democracy normally would ensure that you can pass your laws in this is a direct threat to you now t p p is a much more expansive threat for instance that your nafta the north american free trade agreements three countries and largely have fortunately the u.s. has been the one whose companies are suing everyone else apart from the transpacific partnership agreement another giant agreement is now being negotiated between the e.u. and the q west and the u.s. congress has already made it clear that any agreement must reduce restrictions on genetically modified crops for example coronated chicken and hormone treated. what does this mean for your. this would be a race to the bottom in their standards so there has been since nineteen ninety

eight an attempt by the biggest u.s. and european corporations to use that sort of negotiations to roll back the strong food safety environmental financial regulations things that could not get undone at home and so now if the supreme being launched their. thinking finally get rid of the g.i. bill well maybe these agreements will be. the for agreed upon leave people completely to the mercy of corporations lori wallach with me today and i'm going to check out. the whistleblower website we can mix has published a chapter from their graham and outlining how corporations could abuse the treaty and mayor sometime who works for a foundation which aims to defend internet freedom believes some old has been suggested in asia pacific is way behind the times t.v. remains to be secret because really if it was shown in the sunlight and people were

able to know what was in it then it really wouldn't be what sol arming. several groups in washington d.c. have been talking about the copyright provisions that we've seen from a lead from february two thousand and eleven and we've been warning about provisions and how we would in part people's freedom of speech and privacy rights online and the u.s. continues to be pushing for those provisions despite the fact that we've been talking to negotiators and talking and trying to communicate with our government about our concern the big problem with copyright is that technology has changed and they and a lot of these companies are just refusing to sort of adapt to existing reality of you know the internet how we all just want to interact and share and contribute to the content that's out there. this is all seeing to national on still ahead this hour business beyond borders the u.k. tells companies they shouldn't be sending their goods to the bank becoming the latest european to explicitly declare israel's settlements illegal.

tromped in tiny make shift comes fukushima refugees lose hope of returning to a life they saw washed away that's after the break.

do we speak your language was anybody will or not a. program some documentary some spanish what matters to you. it will turn it into english stories. here. the spanish find out more visit actuality. you're watching aussie international it's good to have you with us let's move on now the first subways bonk has caved in and handed over confidential client information to washington u.s. authorities are demanding they were now and a veil of secrecy on institutions in switzerland is lifted in the search for

americans who may be trying to avoid paying tunks any bank who refuses to exchange information could face prosecution pay to pale blue explains how this could damage the source economy. it seems to be a sense of almost concern and anger sponsor this we know it's very much fundamental to the swiss economy or to the heritage of switzerland i can tell you i've worked in the banking industry in switzerland and people there don't see as helping people of aid or paying taxes they see as privacy the protection of assets and that's why there's been this reaction of why does washington feel the need to. sort of a peaceful coexistence between people and banks as opposed to now it is when the banks are just taking advantage of well indeed in switzerland it's very much like the relationship you have with your doctor the confidentiality and that's what they hold paramount to who they are and it's not just about the privacy as well we know they have highly skilled bankers as well as a swiss franc being such a strong

a safe haven there's lots of reasons to bank his rights of all that but this is all pretty heavy stuff i should say but what gives washington right to go off its citizens by news which is pretty far outside the border a lot yet we're not the only person questioning that because that's what the swiss politicians or ask each other there's been real tension over the last week to come to this decision and it's to do with u.s. lawmakers having a almost agreement with swiss lawmakers and then they are then pressurizing the banks and that's why the word bullying has come into play in all of this so it's most bizarre and it's been ongoing for five years and it's because washington need to fill up those conflicts it's not just washington it's germany the u.k. and to give you an example u.b.s. the biggest bank in switzerland has already been fined in order of this nearly eight hundred million dollars signed by america yes in conjunction with the swiss authorities that. my colleague already so shy talking that there was

a business present case appealed to him and of course we got more stories online for you including unexpected discovery u.s. astronomers are left more than a little puzzled over the appearance of a recently discovered planet in the wrong part of spades. and that is a spy scandal reaches a russian officials i've become trees a long way because consider a ban on the use of foreign smart far as aussie doco would tell you what could replace i suppose and operative eyes. and i would think a true. the

u.k. government has warned british companies again is doing business with israeli settlements in the west bank is the first time the country has to recognize the occupation of palestinian territory as being illegal under international law and celia joins me now live for more nice to see you so did this statement say. well in the explicit expression of its position over israeli settlements in occupied territories which are considered illegal under international law the governments of trade and investment arm had issued a warning to british businesses over the risks of involvement in economic and financial activities in the settlements and one of those could be a potential damage to the company's reputation now i spoke with the u.k. trade and investment or arm and they told me these are voluntary guidelines but

they did also confirm that the u.k. government does not recognize the occupied territories including the settlements as part of israel and insisted that business and respect for human rights should go have it had on two thousand of the british government issued another voluntary guidelines to retailers and supermarkets to allow them to label settlement produce so that consumers can make an informed choice on their purchases so this isn't the first time that such a warning has been issued here in europe earlier this year in july you had also said that it would stop granting. to bodies that include academic or research institutions and also anyone with links to israeli settlements and also said that any future contracts between the e.u. and israel must explicitly exclude the settlements now reaction to that warning had drawn a lot of criticism from israel and official calling it an earthquake and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu angry over what he called external dicked us i

was for is reaction to this u.s. u.k. warning is concerned it has. dude the israeli embassy here in london had told the guardian newspaper that was troubled and concerned however it did welcome the confirmation in the guideline that the british government is also opposed to any outright boycott. live from london tessa thank you very much indeed for that we appreciate it. when japan was hit by a giant tsunami in twenty levon the hundreds of thousands forced to flee literally some of their lives washed away promises were made that it would only be a matter of time before their homes were built but as. found out they're still waiting this woman can only fit me and my cameraman into her new home she apologizes but there's simply no room for the whole crew inside she's one of research lawyers from the fukushima area forced to leave their homes amid the

twenty eleven nuclear disaster. when the tsunami hit we were told to back only necessary things and run away they said it would be only for two three days now living in this cage of a house returning to our old house is a dream which we know won't come true well being fed with promises of a bigger house but that's as far as it gets promises. this is just one of the quickly erected residential areas where fukushima exiles have relocated to there are hundreds of makeshift camps scattered across the region accommodating more than three hundred thousand people all of the four hundred three settlers living in this particular area used to have a large houses before the accident now they are forced to live in this thirty square meter dwellings they were told that this would be just a short term measure but it seems in their case the old saying there is nothing more permanent than temporary suits very well. the majority of these people are pensioners suffering from different ailments they are jobless just as surprisingly

many of their younger neighbors this man used to run a profitable venture now he barely makes ends meet and long. i had a one hundred thousand dollar a year business producing honey so now it's destroyed forever just like my life on top of all that i'm offered neither financial compensation nor any job that's why i'm taking tepco to call. the government says it's working on proven conditions for reset but with the fukushima clear up draining billions of dollars out of the state budget it could take years maybe even a decade to do that even local officials are being kept in the dark against. the government says it's building bigger houses but will finish it in no sooner than two years and not all of these people will be able to live in those bets as little as we officials on the ground are told by the central government. fukushima means a happy island in japanese but that's the last word these people would ascribe to

their lives which are unlikely to ever return to normal especially with a government that meeting the area around the nuclear site might never again be suitable to live in looks you receive ski r.t. reporting from japan. fukushima is dealing with the aftermath of nuclear disaster and what to do with its way to actually waste later on out sea breaking the sad looks at one of the element for you as they are. what if there was a nuclear alternative that could safely effectively generate clean energy this nuclear option might exist with dorian and element three to four times more abundant in iranian why wasn't story in the primary element in use when developing nuclear energy the primary focus was on producing plutonium and fits or stops for for nuclear bombs this is the idea of the cold war the one nine hundred fifty s. one nine hundred sixty seventy's. doesn't produce very readily what the noise of

a waste if like to be the ways to come out of thorin are actually pretty difficult to handle frankly and and would actually really inhibits of do you want to build a bomb. under now or some other world news making headlines this hour and starting with a cell a where a rally to the nontoxic carts for small businesses turned violent hundreds of protesters blowing the main train station interior in and told stones at their regional government headquarters police resorted to tear gas to disperse the demonstrators similar process also took place in several other cities including route. to leave egypt muslim brotherhood mohamed badie were made to define rant against charges of inciting violence as he appeared in court on monday that i made fresh clashes. between police and brotherhood supporters of the us high university body isn't trying to alongside the ousted president mohamed

morsi and other key brotherhood figures accused of inciting the murder of protesters during an uprising injuring. onto french soldiers on peacekeeping operations in the central african republic were killed overnight during boncelles in the congress or on monday approaches to design rival militias began but was interrupted by a phony to buy a five flights with some still refusing to give up their weapons foreign troops work for us and follow the hosting of the country's president in the march that triggered a deadly confrontation between muslims and christians that. and right now i do not and takes a look at whether the wild has a real alternative to at tonic and change.

just imagine a foreign leaders like alexander lukashenko or vladimir putin just showed up an anti e.u. protest and all garia greece are hungry to urge people to leave the e.u. and join up with the eurasian customs union obviously the big media would be on fire screaming that this is part of an attempt to usurp democracy and steal the country's away some sort of imperialist agenda and you know what they might be right about that but the weird thing is that for some reason the mainstream media isn't talking about foreign politicians speaking to and or possibly agitating protesters in ukraine like speaker of the lithuanian parliament loreto grows in india and e.u. vice president gets a proto c. of h. and former polish pm jaroslav kaczynski yeah the european union brassfield is just fine for their politicians to go to foreign countries and fire up protestors to

start a pro e.u. revolution but then all their journalist write about is how russia is trying to put pressure on ukraine to not join the e.u. the obvious hypocrisy of this stinks all the way up to moscow but that's just my opinion. what's up everyone i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set guys help and worry about the kind of literature children are reading in this country looks like cat might have a very hungry caterpillar are so outdated i mean those are so two thousand and

eight which is why today i'm very excited about the release of ted cruz's brand new children's book because richest oracle narrative not only outlines his rise of the senate but it teaches america's children how to take their country back cruise style it's called ted cruz to the future but you're probably recalled ted cruz of the past because that's where this book is taking our kids one of the themes is the importance of religion when it comes to politics because it all separation of church and state thing was just a suggestion another of course is obamacare that suggests that it's worse than mass murder for profit because according to ted cruz providing health care to poor people is quote worse than any war but the best part the absolute best part about this is that it's a coloring book which means your children will get a unique chance to interact with cruz's ideology and film the texas senators hall lifeless outline with color but surprisingly this isn't the first time that propaganda about the government has been made palatable for children who can forget

the nine eleven commission reports dumbed down comic book version or what about the bin laden raid coloring book titled the kids book of freedom guys this trends go to and don't indoctrinate your kids with pre-established political beliefs before they can even read now let's break this that. it was. very hard to. get back with that right there. it's. live .